Harb ibn Umayya

Harb ibn Umayya
حرب بن أمية
Born
Ḥarb ibn Umayya ibn Abd Shams

Died
Unknown
Known forbeing the qāʾid of the Meccans
SpouseSafiyya bint Hazn
Children
ParentUmayya ibn Abd Shams (father)
Military career
Battles/wars

Ḥarb ibn Umayya ibn ʿAbd Shams (Arabic: حرب بن أمية بن عبد شمس) was the father of Abu Sufyan and Arwa and the son of Umayya ibn Abd Shams.[1] Harb is credited in the Islamic tradition as the first among the Quraysh to write in Arabic and the first to stop consuming wine.[2]

  1. ^ "Muslim Congress - Muharram". Archived from the original on 2008-02-24. Retrieved 2018-03-13.
  2. ^ Editors 1971, p. 203.

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